Collar and method of making same



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COLLAR AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME Original Filed-Dec. '9, 1921 INVENTOR. 7 M W VM 4 'm TTORNEYS Patented Oct. 18, 1927.

UNITED" I STATES PATENT, OFF-ICE.

GARRY J. nonMANDY, or TROY, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO LION COLLARS & SHIRTS,

me, or TROY, NEW YORK, A ooRroRA IoN on NEW YORK.

COLLAR AND METHOD or MAKING SAME.

Original application. filed December 9, 1921, Serial No. 521,151. Divided and this application filed December 19, 1924.

My invention more particularly relates to the manufacture of collars of that character or type known as turn-over collars.

I My present application is-a division of my application Serial No. 521,151 which was filed in the Patent Office on December 9, 1921, andwhich 'matured intoPatcnt No. 1,526,324-February 17 1925.

My invention will best be understood by reference tojthe accompanying drawings in which I have illustrated certain 'embodi-' 1;,Fig. 3 is a section taken on the line of Fig. land Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 2 illustrating in section a modified form of my invention.

Like reference characters indicate like parts throughout the drawings.

Referring now to the drawings, 1 designates a neck-band member .of any suitable design provided with end tabs 2, having buttonholes 3, adapted to be engaged with a stud or button at the front of the neck band of a shirt upon which the-collarv is to be. worn, said neckbandmember also being provided at its central or rear portion withv a buttonhole 4, adapted to be engaged with a stud orbutton at the rear of the neck band of a shirt. The collar also comprises a fold-over or turn-overportion or member 5, the neck-band member and the turn-over member, in the form illustrated, being made of separate pieces ofmaterial. The turnover member 5 may be of any suitable design or style, without departing from the scope of my invention. In order to provide a proper fold between the neck-band member and turn-over member, so that the collar will properly fold atgthe fold line and maintain the desired shape and position when worn, I provide a novel seam or fold betweenthe said neck-band and turn-over members. The upper edge portions of the collar members, that is, of the neck-band member and of the turn-over member, are cut to give the collar the desired configuration when folded and in position on the neck of the wearer; that is, they are cut preferably upon a curve.

Serial No. 756,868. I

For thispurpose, the upper edge of thenecle band member is cut on a convex curve and the adgoinlng or upper edge of the turnover, member on a concave curv e to'conform thereto. The turn-over member and the necleband member are then laid with the outer face of the, ti lr'n-over member against the inner face ofthe neck-band me'mQ her and the curved edgesfastened together in alinement. This fastening may comprise a line of stitches 33, or a tape binding134 lapped aroundthe raw edgesof the collar members and fastened by alengthwi'se line ofstitches 36; or, as shown, both the stitches 33' and binding 34 may be applied to fasten thecollar members together. The turn-over member may then be folded over into post'- tion to be worn, whereupon it will be seen that a seam or fold member is provided'in the space between the turn-over and neck band members, thisfold or seam comprising edge portions 36 of the said-collar members, and the binding 34 enveloping said parts 36 (see Fig. 2) I V f The collar illustrated and above de: scribed may be made ofany suitable fabric, for example, any of the materials commonly employed in the manufacture of soft turn; over collars, such as heavy linen, duck, percale and multi-ply' fabrics. In makingvthe collar of such material, it may be desirable to provide the same with suitable edgelbin'dinglpr finishing, whichmay be of any,suit:.

able; form without departing. from the splrlt and scopeof my invention, but, in f one form, I employ binding, which I will now describe. 1 I a In the form illustrated, the binding along the lower edge of the neck bandmember may, consist of a strip or tape 10 overlying the edge, and having its edge portions 'on the opposite faces of the neck-band member and stitches 11. The binding for the lower'lon gitudinal edge of the turn-over membermay consist of a strip or tape-12applie'd to the secured thereto by a longitudinal 'line of",

lower. edge of the fabric of the turnover portion and arranged on opposite sidesfof the. latter, as shown at, 13, the parts 13 being, first, stitched to the edge 5 of the member 5 by a line of stitches 14, whereupon the edge portion 5 is turned over upon the inner face of the turn-over member and se cured thereto by one or more lines of stitches throughout the length thereof. The 1 end tabs 2 extend beyond the front edges 5 of the turn-over member, and these tabs, as

well as said edges, are also provided with a suitable binding, as best illustrated in Fig. 1. This binding consists ofa piece of suitable fabric, for example, muslin, including a p'dr'tibn16, which iieeever the outer race of thebuttonhole ta and a portion ofthe neck band member, clearly shown full lines 1, said portion 16 being provided with a narrow e zitens ion 17 whichtorms the bindingforthe edge some turnover-meni- This. binding is'appl ied byfi f st laying same against the outer face of the -neck band end -stitching the same thereto by 'a linefof stitches '1-'8( see. 8) entend'ing lengthwise of the edge 5 and the end edge 10f. the buttonhole tab 2. The binding is then reversed and its" free end folded over the opposite face of the edge of the turnover member and the tab, and the edge oft-he-turn-over member carrying the binding so arranged is then folded over on a line 20st) that the edge portion *5 thereof lies parallel to the main portionot the collar on the end face thereof, whereupon lines uretamesee are run through the neckband "and turnover portions lengthwise of the edge, thereby securing the binding portion down upon the underside of the turnover member and the outer face of 'theneckband -'member. A line of 'sti'tches'23 may then be rim lengthwise of 'the rear edge of the part to secure said edge of the neck-band mam:

ee and,if desired, this line of stitches 23 "friay extend through the binding "at the edge er theturn-over member (see Fig. 1), a1

tli'cugh-this is nee-necessar In the peefined-"aria, the amt. binding 1o rs peer-ea ably "arranged so as to overlie the lower edge the 16, "as indicated at 16*, and the line at stitches 11 utilized not only to hold the binding 10in place, but also to hold .the lower edge of the part 16. The part 16 is preferably so formed that its rear edge 16? extends far enough inward on the men band so as to be covered by the turn-over .ifimber when the collar is worn. It will be seenthat the turn-oyer member is provi ded with a binding which is notvisible when they collar is worn, and the buttonhole tabs are provided with a reinforcement which, although on the outside of the neckb an d, is fsightly and does not detract/from the appearance thereof. It will'also be seen I am able to form the" end binding for the neck-band member, and the reinforcement 01 the buttonhole tab, of an integral piece, whereby the complications of manufacture are simplified. The buttonholes 3 extend through-the neck-band and the reinforcements 16, and the stitching for the buttonholes "extends through said. reinforcements. 1 In Fig.4, "1 have illustrated a modified form of my invention in which the collar members, which aiee'lso formed of "separate pieces of fabric, are joined by providing the neck-band member with "an inturned fold 37 and the "turn over-meinber with an inturned part 38,the lower edge of which is reversed upon itself, as at 39, to receive and envelop the part 37. ,In-this case,jthepartsf37 ing united in face-to-face juxtaposition by-a binding surrounding the said edges and iestened through-said margins on a li'neiparallel to said edges.

2. A collar comprising aband member and a turnover member made of separate pieces of single ply fabric, each of said pieces ha ving a fOhfl located between "the said members and the "folds being stitched together "at the fold line of the colla'ryand a tape binding overlying theffold edges of the band member and turn-over member and secured to said fold edges by a line of stitches extending lengthwise of the collar; 3. A fold over collar comprising aband inernber and a turn ove'r member each having, in the folded position oft-he collar, in-- GARRY nominee? 

